From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: MJ Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#2416: 23.0.60; decode-coding-region Date: Sat, 21 Feb 2009 08:20:12 -0500 Message-ID: References: <499f1cdd.050cc00a.4267.ffffc0ce@mx.google.com> Reply-To: MJ , 2416@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=000e0cd6ae7a19b0e304636da116 X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1235223888 19458 80.91.229.12 (21 Feb 2009 13:44:48 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 21 Feb 2009 13:44:48 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 2416@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com To: Eli Zaretskii Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Feb 21 14:46:04 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1LasB7-00069d-8e for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 21 Feb 2009 14:46:01 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:34698 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Las9m-0005XB-EI for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 21 Feb 2009 08:44:38 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Las8t-0004pV-Lp for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 21 Feb 2009 08:43:43 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Las8p-0004m0-Ol for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 21 Feb 2009 08:43:42 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=56032 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Las8p-0004lt-KC for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 21 Feb 2009 08:43:39 -0500 Original-Received: from rzlab.ucr.edu ([138.23.92.77]:33243) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Las8o-0006En-RQ for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 21 Feb 2009 08:43:39 -0500 Original-Received: from rzlab.ucr.edu (rzlab.ucr.edu [127.0.0.1]) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.13.8/8.13.8/Debian-3) with ESMTP id n1LDhatP008351; Sat, 21 Feb 2009 05:43:36 -0800 Original-Received: (from debbugs@localhost) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.13.8/8.13.8/Submit) id n1LDP5H0003709; Sat, 21 Feb 2009 05:25:05 -0800 X-Loop: owner@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com Resent-From: MJ Resent-To: bug-submit-list@donarmstrong.com Resent-CC: Emacs Bugs Resent-Date: Sat, 21 Feb 2009 13:25:04 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: owner@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com X-Emacs-PR-Message: followup 2416 X-Emacs-PR-Package: emacs X-Emacs-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 2416-submit@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com id=B2416.12352224173435 (code B ref 2416); Sat, 21 Feb 2009 13:25:04 +0000 Original-Received: (at 2416) by emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com; 21 Feb 2009 13:20:17 +0000 X-Spam-Bayes: score:0.5 Bayes not run. spammytokens:Tokens not available. hammytokens:Tokens not available. 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I just tried with the latest CVS version and the problem still persists: "GNU Emacs 23.0.90.1 (i386-mingw-nt5.1.2600) of 2009-02-21 on T42" On Sat, Feb 21, 2009 at 4:16 AM, Eli Zaretskii wrote: > > Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2009 13:13:01 -0800 (PST) > > From: mj > > Cc: > > > > I have been having this problem since I switched to Emacs 23 several > > weeks ago. I'm using VM to read my mails. There seems to be a problem > > in decode-coding-region when VM tries to decode a string. When VM > > tries to decode a region or a string, it uses a temporary buffer and > > basically runs the following lisp code: > > > > (apply 'decode-coding-region (point-min) (point-max) 'us-ascii nil) > > > > The original buffer content would be something like this: > > > > B7040400-12 > > some text here > > > > after decode-coding-region is executed, the buffer content became: > > > > ^@7040450-12 > > some text here > > > > Where ^@ is actually binary code \0 (not ascii ^ and @). There is another > instance > > that a string was decoded and the result is ^@ prefixed. > > > > I could not reproduce this with "Emacs -Q". But it always happens when > > thsoe particular messages were processed by VM. > > Could you please see if the problem still persists in the current CVS? > Your Emacs seems to be about a month old (Jan 29), and a couple of > related bugs were fixed in coding.c since then. > --000e0cd6ae7a19b0e304636da116 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Thanks for the reply. I just tried with the latest CVS version and the prob= lem still persists:

"GNU Emacs 23.0.90.1 (i386-mingw-nt5.1.2600= ) of 2009-02-21 on T42"

On Sat, Feb = 21, 2009 at 4:16 AM, Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> wrote:
> Date: Fri, 2= 0 Feb 2009 13:13:01 -0800 (PST)
> From: mj <mj54590@gmail.com>
> Cc:
>
> I have been having this problem since I switched to Emacs 23 several > weeks ago. I'm using VM to read my mails. There seems to be a prob= lem
> in decode-coding-region when VM tries to decode a string. When VM
> tries to decode a region or a string, it uses a temporary buffer and > basically runs the following lisp code:
>
> (apply 'decode-coding-region (point-min) (point-max)  'us= -ascii nil)
>
> The original buffer  content would be something like this:
>
> B7040400-12
> some text here
>
> after decode-coding-region is executed, the buffer content became:
>
> ^@7040450-12
> some text here
>
> Where ^@ is actually binary code \0 (not ascii ^ and @). There is anot= her instance
> that a string was decoded and the result is  ^@ prefixed.
>
> I could not reproduce this with "Emacs -Q". But it always ha= ppens when
> thsoe particular messages were processed by VM.

Could you please see if the problem still persists in the current CVS?
Your Emacs seems to be about a month old (Jan 29), and a couple of
related bugs were fixed in coding.c since then.

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